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If CoC-under-IBC is the King, is Justice Just a Ritual?

Posted on 15th April, 2025 (GMT 08:55 hrs) In Continuation With Examining the Supreme Court’s Ruling on the DHFL “Fraud” (?) Cases VIEW HERE ⤡  Remembering Stan Swamy, G. N. Saibaba, Bilkis Bano, Sanjiv Bhatt, Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam, and countless others who stood for justice… After thoroughly analyzing the stance adopted by the Supreme Court of India in its April 1st verdict regarding…

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Not Just Victims — We Are the Verdict: In Solidarity with the DHFL Victims as a United Front

Posted on 14th April, 2025 (GMT 16:20 hrs) Saṅgacchadhvaṃ saṃvadadhvaṃ saṃvo manāṃsi jānatāmDevā bhāgaṃ yathā pūrve saṃjānānā upāsate “May we march forward with a common goal. May we be open-minded and work together in harmony. May we share our thoughts for integrated wisdom. May we follow the example of our ancestors who achieved higher goals by virtue of being united.” (Ṛgveda, 10.191.3) oṃ…

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From Courtroom to Newsroom: Tracking the Media Pulse on the DHFL Verdict

Posted on 10th April, 2025 (GMT 13:14 hrs) It has been roughly ten days since the Supreme Court of India—under the bench led by Justice Bela Trivedi—delivered its disheartening verdict in the DHFL “scam” case. For many victims of the DHFL collapse, the judgment has deepened a prevailing sense of betrayal and disillusionment, further eroding faith in the Indian judiciary under the current…

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Dear DHFL Victims, Share Your Grievances with "Awaaz Bharat Ki"

Posted on 8th April, 2025 (GMT 20:15 hrs) The following appeal, with slight modifications, has been submitted by various members of the OBMA through the Leader of the Opposition’s portal, “Awaaz Bharat Ki”⤡, to highlight the unprecedented nature of the DHFL “scam.” This event is alleged to be a politically engineered move by the BJP to serve the profit-driven interests of a select crony…

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Your 1 Rupee = Our 1 Step Forward: A Humble Plea from OBMA

Posted on 5th April, 2025 (GMT 06:04 hrs) This is not too much to ask from you, dearest followers of OBMA. It’s been over four years of this shared journey. Across multiple platforms, we’ve engaged in conversations about politics, economics, ecology, and a whole spectrum of interconnected issues—primarily in English, but also in Bangla, Hindi, and Gujarati. Often, the workload of managing so…

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From Silence to Storm: DHFL Victims’ Fight Beyond the Saffronized Judiciary

Posted on 4th April, 2025 (GMT 08:52 hrs) Dear Fellow DHFL Victims, We stand at the crossroads of despair and defiance, waiting for our Godot. Like characters in a Beckett play, we linger in the shadow of uncertainty, clutching the faint hope that justice might still dawn. The Supreme Court of India, in its April 1st, 2025, verdict, has cast us back into the labyrinth of litigation, overturning…

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Examining the Supreme Court's Ruling on the DHFL "Fraud" (?) Cases

Posted on 2nd April, 2025 (GMT 07:18 hrs) I. THE OVERVIEW: INDIA, A CRONY OLIGARCHY In 2024, India ranked 79th out of 142 countries in the Rule of Law Index, according to data from Statista⤡. The index evaluates eight factors, including constraints on government powers, absence of corruption, open government, fundamental rights, order and security, regulatory enforcement, civil justice, and…

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Once in a Blue Moon Academia (OBMA): Our Initiatives

Posted on 30th March, 2025 (GMT 07:48 hrs) Are you curious about the broader projects and initiatives at Once in a Blue Moon Academia (OBMA)? OBMA is active on the following social media platforms and web-platforms: Email ID: onceinabluemoonacademia@gmail.com, contactus@onceinabluemoon2021.in a) Websites for…

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অর্থনীতির অতিমারী, অর্থের-নেতির বি-কল্প-না

দেবপ্রসাদ বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায় ⤡-এর “অর্থ-নী-নেতি” কিতাব বিষয়ক আলোচনা ও পরিপ্রশ্ন আখর বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায়⤡ সৌজন্যেঃ মান্দাস⤡ Posted on 29th March, 2025 (GMT 18:40 hrs) আজকে আমরা এখানে জড়ো হয়েছি এই বিশেষ বইটা নিয়ে কথাবার্তা-আলোচনা-বাদ-বিবাদ তৈরি করতে। সে ক্ষেত্রে যে কেউ, অর্থাৎ যারা এই বইটা ইতমধ্যেই পড়ে ফেলেছেন কিংবা স্রেফ নামটা অথবা প্রচ্ছদটা দেখে মজা পেয়েছেন—তাঁদের মতামত দেওয়ার খোলা সুযোগ রইলো���…

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DHFL Scam, Indian Judiciary and The Gujarat Gavelkind: Being Parochial, Being Partisan?

Posted on 12th November, 2024 Introduction: The Points To Be Noted This time, we will begin by again talking of the DHFL scam and specific aspects of the Indian judiciary, but the article is likely to culminate with something else, though connected via a common link to the points that we are presently going to begin with. The points might seem to be somewhat disparate at first glance, but they…

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Silencing the Digital Dawn: India’s Censorship Crusade vs. Musk, Youth, and the Defrauded

Posted on 23rd March, 2025 (GMT 20:32 hrs) An instance of state censorship is a shame forever… I. Elon Musk’s Grok vs. Indian Crony Oligarchy On March 5, 2025, Elon Musk’s social media platform, X, filed a lawsuit against the Indian government in the Karnataka High Court, accusing it of unlawful content regulation and censorship practices. The case, which became public on March 20, 2025, marks…

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Piramal's Legal Firm vs DHFL Victims: A Chronological Collage

Posted on 20th March, 2025 (GMT 17:10 hrs) For those who regularly follow our OBMA blog since the last two-three years or more, it’s likely no surprise for them to know that some of our supporters or followers, including some of the victims of the Dewan Housing Finance Corporation Limited (DHFL) “scam” (Can we logico-legally say that after the CBI’s Jan’25 Closure Report on the Wadhawans?), have…

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Grok Against Indian Oligarchs?

Posted on 19th March, 2025 (GMT 19:59 hrs) The AI Chatbot Grok, particularly its latest version “Grok 3” (dubbed as “scary smart” by the owner Elon Musk himself!) has recently garnered considerable attention on social media platforms like X (earlier Twitter; Grok’s parent company) and Facebook, especially in India, due to its unfiltered and candid responses to certain politically charged…

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সংখ্যা-শরীর-শৃঙ্গার-রাজনীতি (Numbers-Corporeal-Sexuality-Politics)

Posted on 19th March, 2025 (GMT 07:33 hrs) দেবপ্রসাদ বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায় ⤡ আখর বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায়⤡ ABSTRACT This book explores the coherence of relationships among various historical aprioris: mathematics (including arithmetic, algebra, and geometry), śṛṅgāra (creative self-cultivation), imagination, literature, philosophy, sexuality, musicking, politics and democracy, sculpture and fine arts, as…

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The DHFL "Scam" Fiasco: Grok's Responses

Posted on 18th March, 2025 (GMT 21:09 hrs) Introduction Amid the ongoing controversy over Grok’s candid responses—created by xAI under Elon Musk’s X—BJP-associated Indian users have notably clashed with the AI’s outputs. We observed that Grok often delivers evidence-based claims challenging the BJP’s saffron-tinged pseudological narratives, prompting us to probe further. Our inquiry focused on…

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প্রাক্তন বাউনের Woke তথা সদাই Politically Correct হওয়ার ক্রমবর্ধমান অসুবিধে: এক পৈতেছেঁড়া বাউনের ক্লেদ, গ্লানি, অপরাধবোধ

Posted on 15th March, 2025 (GMT 16:18 hrs) দেবপ্রসাদ বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায় ⤡ উৎসর্গ: মেঘনাদ সাহা “অব্রাহ্মণ নহ তুমি তাত।তুমি দ্বিজোত্তম, তুমি সত্যকুলজাত।” (এই লেখাটি বনে উঠেছে সাম্প্রতিক সাহিত্য অকাদেমির বাংলা সদস্যদের ���ধ্যে এক বিশেষ সদস্যের পদত্যাগ নিয়ে। সেই শিরদাঁড়াযুক্ত মানুষটিকে কুর্নিশ জানাই। যে বইটি নিয়ে বিতর্ক বেঁধেছে, সেটি নাকি এক “হাই প্রোফাইল” রাজনৈতিক ব্যক্তির দ্বারা লিখিত। এর বেশি…

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India’s Financial Meltdown: A Decade of Defaults, Bankruptcies and Economic Ruin

Posted on 13th March, 2025 (GMT 08:32 hrs) Composed and Compiled by Partyless Society⤡ & Occupy Dalal Street⤡ Over the past decade, India has experienced a wave of bankruptcies, especially among banks, shadow banks (NBFCs), and large corporations. Many citizens have lost their savings, and the consequences have been dire for public trust. Despite the introduction of the Insolvency and…